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The unplanned version of the Pilot Movie, mirror image of The Movie. From time to time, someone in Hollywood will see a popular movie, and get the bright idea to turn it into a weekly series. Unlike the Pilot Movie, no plan to do this existed at the time the original movie was made. As a result, Adaptation Decay runs rampant; in particular, it may be necessary to perform a substantial Retcon on the end of the film, as a self-contained film would generally tie up its concept in such a way that the premise of the series would be preempted. An alternative strategy would be to tell an altogether different story, set in The Verse of the movie. Of course, the more open-ended the film plot, the easier this is. Sometimes, the series will claim to be a Prequel to the film, though this idea can run

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  • The unplanned version of the Pilot Movie, mirror image of The Movie. From time to time, someone in Hollywood will see a popular movie, and get the bright idea to turn it into a weekly series. Unlike the Pilot Movie, no plan to do this existed at the time the original movie was made. As a result, Adaptation Decay runs rampant; in particular, it may be necessary to perform a substantial Retcon on the end of the film, as a self-contained film would generally tie up its concept in such a way that the premise of the series would be preempted. An alternative strategy would be to tell an altogether different story, set in The Verse of the movie. Of course, the more open-ended the film plot, the easier this is. Sometimes, the series will claim to be a Prequel to the film, though this idea can run
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  • The unplanned version of the Pilot Movie, mirror image of The Movie. From time to time, someone in Hollywood will see a popular movie, and get the bright idea to turn it into a weekly series. Unlike the Pilot Movie, no plan to do this existed at the time the original movie was made. As a result, Adaptation Decay runs rampant; in particular, it may be necessary to perform a substantial Retcon on the end of the film, as a self-contained film would generally tie up its concept in such a way that the premise of the series would be preempted. An alternative strategy would be to tell an altogether different story, set in The Verse of the movie. Of course, the more open-ended the film plot, the easier this is. Sometimes, the series will claim to be a Prequel to the film, though this idea can run into trouble if the show goes on long enough that the two crash into each other. Expect a substantial downgrade in visual effects. Also, a whole lot of Suspiciously Similar Substitutes or The Other Darrin, as the talent available for a big-budget Hollywood movie is a somewhat different pool from that for a weekly series. Animated Adaptations are common here, especially for movies created for adults but with significant kid-demographic overlap. Mind you, while there are plenty of cartoons for adults, these... won't be. If the movie has a sequel, it usually won't acknowledge the series; the reverse may or may not be true. As unlikely an idea as it sounds, there are a surprisingly large number of highly successful examples. Unfortunately, those tend to dwindle next to the far larger number of shows that make you wonder what the heck "someone in Hollywood" was thinking (similar to the effect of watching an Animated Adaptation). Examples of Recycled: the Series include:
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